Every employer shall be required to pay whichever rate of pay is highest when Federal, State, or
Tribal wage, rates and guidelines are used.
14.3
FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES
The Commission or the Director may use Federal, State, or Tribal agencies in resolving a discrepancy
concerning wages and hours worked.
Any employer who is in violation to the above paragraphs shall be subject to the penalties outlined in Section
7.
SECTION 15.0 HEALTH, WELFARE, AND PENSION FUND BENEFITS
Payroll deductions shall be permissible for health, welfare, and pension funds benefits, but any payroll
deduction constituting a contribution on behalf of the person employed to any fund established by the
employer, employees or both, for the purpose of providing medical or hospital care, pensions, annuities,
retirement, death benefits, compensation for injuries, illness, accidents, sickness or disability, or which are
applied to payment of insurance to provide any of the foregoing, including unemployment benefits, vacation
pay, savings accounts, or similar payments for the benefit of employees, their families and dependents shall
be permissible, PROVIDED HOWEVER, the following standards must be met:
a) The deduction is not otherwise prohibited by law;
b) It is either:
i.
Voluntarily consented to by the employee in writing and in advance of the period in which
the work is to be done and such consent is not a condition either for obtaining or for the
continuation of employment, or
ii.
Provided for in a bona fide collective bargaining agreement between the contractor or subcontractor and representatives of its employees;
c) No profit or other benefit is otherwise obtained directly or indirectly, by the contractor or
subcontractor or any affiliated person in the form of commission, dividend, or otherwise;
d) The deduction shall serve the convenience and best interest of the employee.
SECTION 16.0 SAFETY, HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Contracts of $75,000 or greater, and any project or contract work the Commission determines may have an
impact on the environment, shall provide a written plan with the Director providing for the protection of
health and environment of employees and other persons and prevent damage to property, materials,
equipment and the physical environment of the Spokane Indian Reservation. Any employer contractor who
fails to provide such plan or failure to follow or carry out such plan shall be deemed a violation of this
Ordinance and is subject to penalties outlined in Section 7.
SECTION 17.0 RETALIATION OR REPRISAL
Any harassment, discrimination or threat against any person or business which has filed a charge, opposed
any unlawful employment practice, or testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an investigation,
proceeding or hearing involving an unlawful employment practice is a violation of the Spokane Employment
Rights Ordinance and said violation shall be subject to the penalties outlined in Section 7.
SECTION 18.0 QUALIFIED
CONTRACTOR LICENSES
PRIME
CONTRACTORS,
SUBCONTRACTORS
OR
SPECIALTY
417
Revised Spokane Law & Order Code, 5/14/2013